Does anyone know?

[Gary Puckett]

Does anyone know why with a user created piece of molding, Why does the miter distort when you resize it.

The molding was created in eCabinets.

Gary

[Rick Palechuk]

Can you post it Gary?

[Gary Puckett]

No Rick I all ready deleted the part and made a cube and then cut it out. I was just wanting to know why it would distort. Try it make a 2" wide X 96" long display board miter the two ends then make it a hfs file then open the file, resize it and try to make a frame

Gary

[DanEpps]

How are you resizing it?

[Gary Puckett]

Dan,

I am high lighting the part and chose the scale option. Then edit the length that I need

Gary

[DanEpps]

It is a function of the aspect ratio. When you are scaling a three dimensional object in one dimension, you lose the aspect ratio. If you keep the aspect ratio then all dimensions will be scaled larger.

[Gary Puckett]

So I need to check the presever aspect box


Gary

[DanEpps]

To get the angle to stay the same, yes. But that will make all three dimensions grow by the same percentage so your 2" wide piece will be 2.2" wide (if you grew it by 10%).

Your best bet for moldings is to create a tool and make the molding from a display board (or display cube if you don't want it in your cut list). Do the miter cuts before you do the edge profile or you won't be able to miter it.

Use display objects only for items that will be scaled in all three dimensions or that aspect ratio doesn't matter.